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The descriptioiis of the birds themselves are 

 eqtially impressive, and betray an intimate acquaint- 

 ance witli their habits on the part of the Author. 



With regard to the plates, these are of the same 

 high character as the previous delineations of the 

 talented Artist in this work, but special praise must 

 be accorded to those of the Shrikes. Among these 

 there is one of the female Lanms colliirio feeding a 

 fledgling on a bough, vi^hich it is safe to say is 

 absolutely perfect, both as to its technical treatment 

 and its beauty of sentiment as shewn in the facial 

 expression of parent and child alike. 



The Bird World Magazine. Nos. 2 & s (Jan. & Feb. igoy). 

 Quarto, ^d. F. Carl. 



It is to be hoped that provision will be made in 

 the binding cases at the end of the 3'ear for the in- 

 clusion of the covers of these interesting Magazines, 

 since each one represents a striking portrait in colours 

 of some different bird, shewing far too much merit 

 not to be preserved. 



The coloured frontispieces in these two parts 

 represent respectively an extremely taking pair of 

 Canary-Bullfinch hybrids by Mr. Norman and our 

 native Kingfisher by Miss Medland. The former is in 

 no respect behind the beautiful picture of the Bull- 

 finches by the same gentleman in the first number, 

 while the latter shews the fair artist to be equally at 

 home in colours as in monochrome. That she has a 

 future before her is the least we can say. 



The letterpress includes papers on Pet Birds and 

 Royalty by the Princess Helene Vacaresco and on 

 The Heron by our lamented president, the late Dr. 



